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As the executive director of the Asheville Area Arts Council, Love's role includes strengthening the local creative community.

But if "we don't hear from artists about what their needs are, we will just be making our best guess," she said, on the programming, resources and other initiatives to best serve this sector. "The community and the economy is going to be developed with initiatives with or without this voice. To me, it's crucially important that artists weigh in on those development strategies as they are created." ...